Hinc assultus, inde fluctus,
Hinc et inde mors et luctus;
Sed tu, bone Nauta, veni,
Preme ventos, mare leni;
Fac abscedant hi piratæ,
Duc ad portum salvâ rate.
Infecunda mea ficus,
Cujus ramus ramus siccus,
Incidetur, incendetur,
Si promulgas quod meretur;
The hymn probably belongs to the beginning of the twelfth century. It cannot indeed be later, as Hugh of St Victor, who died in 1141, quotes these stanzas, Opp., v. 2, p. 484. He adduces them as the work of an egregius versificator, but does not mention his name.
Tibi soli sum relictus.
Ut infirmus convalescat,
Ut hic hostis evanescat,
Tu virtutem jejunandi
Des infirmo, des orandi:
Per hæc duo, Christo teste,
Liberabor ab hâc peste;
Ab hâc peste solve mentem,
Fac devotum, pœnitentem;
Da timorem, quo projecto,
De salute nil conjecto;
Da fidem, spem, caritatem;
Da discretam pietatem ;
Da contemptum terrenorum,
Appetitum supernorum.
141. Da timorem] This and the following line contain allusion to, and must be explained by, 1 John iv. 18: Perfecta caritas foras mittit timorem. He asks for the fear which is the beginning of wisdom, but this only as introducing the love, which at last, casting out the fear, shall give him confidence toward God and assurance of salvation. Thus Augustine (In 1 Ep. Joh. iv. 18): Sicut videmus per setam introduci linum, quando aliquid suitur, seta prius intrat, sed nisi exeat, non succedit linum: sic timor primò occupat mentem, non autem ibi remanet timor, quia ideò intravit, ut introduceret caritatem.
Ad perennis vitæ fontem mens
sitivit avida, 296
Eterna Christi munera, 187
Æterne rerum Conditor, 220
Alpha et 2, magne Deus, 304
Apparebit repentina dies magna
Domini, 267
Arx firma Deus noster est, 237
Astant angelorum chori, 302
Cœlum gaude, terra plaude, 96
Credere quid dubitem fieri quod
posse probatur, 283
Crux ave benedicta, 278
Crux benedicta nitet, Dominus
quâ carne pependit, 113
Cùm me tenent fallacia, 218
Cùm revolvo toto corde, 263
Cùm sit omnis homo foenum,
239
Cur mundus militat sub vana
gloriâ, 246
Desere jam, anima, lectulum
soporis, 117
Deus homo, Rex cœlorum, 256
Dies iræ, dies illa, 272
Ecce dies celebris, 144
Ecquis binas columbinas, 133
Eheu! eheu! mundi vita, 210
Eheu! quid homines sumus,
Est locus ex omni medium quem
credimus orbe, 181
Gravi me terrore pulsas, vitæ
dies ultima, 259
Hæc est dies triumphalis, 138
Hic breve vivitur, hic breve plan-
gitur, hic breve fletur, 285
Hic est qui, carnis intrans erga-
stula nostræ, 100
Heri mundus exultavit, 189
Heu! quid jaces stabulo, 101
Jam mosta quiesce querela, 280
Jesu dulcis memoria, 224
Jesus mel est in cordibus, 227
Jucundare, plebs fidelis, 60
Lux jucunda, lux insignis, 173
Majestati sacrosanctæ, 104
Mortis portis fractis, fortis, 140
Mundi renovatio, 136
Nocte quâdam, viâ fessus, 197
O ter fœcundas, o ter jucundas,
103
Omnis mundi creatura, 241
Ornârunt terram germina, 235
Pax concordat universa, 185
Pone luctum, Magdalena, 142
Præcursoris et Baptistæ, 87
Psallat chorus corde mundo, 66
Puer natus in Bethlehem, 93
Quàm despectus, quàm dejec-
126
Quàm dilecta tabernacula, 203
Quantum hamum caritas tibi
præsentavit, 129
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